Retired judges sue govt, PM for no pension increment
Bernama
Januari 26, 2022
They named the Government, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Director-General of Public Service as the first to fourth defendants. - Astro AWANI/ Shahir Omar
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 35 individuals, comprising former members of the judiciary and seven widows of former judges have filed a suit against the Malaysian Government and three others over failure to fix appropriate increase in the pension and benefits they received since 2015.
The retired judges including former Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff, former Chief Judges of Malaya Tan Sri Siti Norma Yaakob and Tan Sri Haidar Mohamed Nor, and former Court of Appeal judge Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yunos, who is also former Dewan Rakyat Speaker.
They named the Government, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Director-General of Public Service as the first to fourth defendants.
In the suit, the plaintiffs are seeking a declaration that failure to fix through a Government Gazette an appropriate increment of more than two per cent in their pension and other benefits pursuant to Section 15B (2) of the Judges' Remuneration Act 1971 (Act 45 ) has violated Articles 125 (7) and 125 (9) of the Federal Constitution.
The plaintiffs are also seeking an order that the second or third defendant (Prime Minister and the Cabinet, respectively) shall advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to fix a higher increment of more than two per cent annually on the pension and other benefits given to them, effective July 1, 2015 pursuant to Section 15B (2) of Act 45.
